The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia, Diplopedia, and DTIC’s New DoDTechipedia April 6, 2009

1. The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia, Diplopedia, and DTIC’s New DoDTechipedia April 6, 2009 Ms. Helen Q. Sherman

2. The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia,Diplopedia, and DTIC’s New DoDTechipedia • Mr. Chris K. Rasmussen Knowledge Manager, Intellipedia National Geospatial Intelligence Agency • Ms. Tiffany L. Smith Project Lead, Diplopedia U.S. Department of State

3. The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia,Diplopedia, and DTIC’s New DoDTechipedia • Mr. Noel Dickover DoDTechipedia Consultant Networks & Information Integration (NII)/DoD CIO • Mr. George Guy Thomas Science & Technology Advisor Department of Homeland Security

4. Intellipedia The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia • Wiki of the U.S. Intelligence community • Project of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Intelligence Community Enterprise Services (ICES) • Uses MediaWiki, the same software used by Wikipedia • Announced in 2006 • Speaker: Mr. Chris Rasmussen

5. The Power of Wikis: Diplopedia DTIC Conference Alexandria, VA April 6, 2009

6. U.S. Department of State Basic Roles Make and execute foreign policy Provide consular and passport services Manage official U.S. presence abroad 57,000+ employees worldwide Produces high volume of knowledge

7. Knowledge Leadership Initiative Knowledge often hard to access Knowledge Leadership: Access and contribute knowledge anywhere, anytime How we’re pursuing it: Self-forming, self-managing online communities Central repository for knowledge Connecting to expertise Integrating with enterprise search Keeping it simple through social media that make knowledge-sharing part of the daily workflow

8. Official Communications

9. Diplopedia

10. Article

11. Program portal

12. Categories … lead to other resources Categories for each article …

13. Statistics Total Articles Total Users • As of 9 March 2009 • 6,824 articles • 1,596 registered users • Approximately 1,000 page views per day

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15. How to Measure Value • Quantitative • 1,000 views per week • 173% growth in substantive articles in one calendar year • Qualitative • Popular article topics range from foreign biographies to mail services • Anecdotal • The U.S. Embassy in Rome uses Diplopedia to provide a more open and accessible means to find information about the country and its political, social and economic leaders. Image http://www.lianakabel.com

16. Contact and Reference Materials Tiffany Smith Presidential Management Fellow Project Lead, Diplopedia Office of eDiplomacy smithtl7@state.gov More information: eDiplomacy page on the State Department web site http://www.state.gov/m/irm/ediplomacy For State Department regulations on collaboration tools, Google “5 FAM 777”

17. DoDTechipedia~Our Warfighters Need Your Ideas~https://www.dodtechipedia.mil Noel Dickover DoD CIO, IT Investment and Commercial Policy (ITI&CP) Directorate Emerging Technologies & Social Software 703-601-4729x152 Noel.dickover.ctr@osd.mil Twitter: @NoelDickover

18. Procurement Cycles • “On average, DoD Acquisition Category One (ACAT I) development projects are approaching a 15 year procurement cycle”1 WPA2 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 At the average, an ACAT I started in 1993 would be coming on line today. How do we effectively and cost effectively integrate the technologies that have emerged in those 15 years? 1) A Market Reaction to DoD Contract Delay, ADA446349

19. Bringing Emerging Technologies to the DoD Current state Technologies Enter the Acquisition Process Obsolete Technologies Delivered to Warfighter The DoD Acquisition Process looks like a Black Hole from the outside

20. “We need a new capability! Round up the Usual Suspects…”

21. We Are Not Keeping Pace w/Innovation Cycle Why Emerging Tech Companies Don’t Come to Us • “They do not know what they want” • “The application/bid process takes too long” • “Our products are not needed by DoD” • “We do not want to work with DoD” • “There are too many barriers to the bid process” • “No opportunities for firms who have no prior contracts with DoD” • “I can do fine without them” National Defense University Report to Congress:Information Technology Program, January 2006

22. DoDTechipedia’s Role:Foster Innovation Through Collaboration innovation S&T Community Requirements Community Intel Community Continuous engagement between those with challenges and those charged to provide solutions Industry awareness improvement DoD Primes Acquisition Community IT Community response • Foster communication between those with needs and those with solutions

23. Success of Wikipedia, Intellipedia make Wikis more familiar, especially to Generations X and Y Builds on how people are interacting at home and at schools Increasing awareness of wikis in the DoD S&T user community is through interaction with Intellipedia’s S&T areas Low technical barriers to entry Browsers based - no specialized tools Low bandwidth Mass Collaboration addresses “Shared Situational Awareness” problem – All stakeholders benefit Better S&T Community Integration Industry gains awareness of DoD needs DoD Capability Buyers get improved Market Research Why a Wiki for DoD Technology Collaboration?

24. DoDTechipedia Family of Services DefenseSolutions Portal http://www.defensesolutions.gov/ DoDTechipedia Internal Semi-permeable wall–daily uploads DoDTechipedia External

25. Who can participate in Internal DoDTechipedia? • DoDTechipedia opens collaboration to a broad community • DoD Employees & Contractors (via CAC registration or DTIC Registration) • Federal Government Employees and Contractors who are DTIC registered users (PIV access as DoD implements) Federal Government wide discussion No Acquisition Sensitive; no proprietary data

26. DoDTechipediahttps://www.dodtechipedia.mil 26

27. Any User Can Edit Content, Add Attachments

28. Offers roadmap to implement COTS • Software Engineering Institute service to help Programs assess risks • Prioritizes the risks and offers mitigation strategies

29. External Techipedia (Federal-wide?): Collaboration w/Industry Enterprise POCsRequirements Personnel Early Program PersonnelS&T Personnel Non-traditional Emerging Tech Researchers Emerging Tech Vendors Technology Needs Ongoing Research Govt ET, S&T Projects Emerging Tech Products Roles-based Access Roles-based Access DoDTechipedia, Organized byWiki-based Technology Taxonomies Doing Business With DoD Lessons Learned Options • For Each Technology Area, Pilot shows: • State of the practice • DoD needs • Current DoD uses • Near-term ongoing ET research (public info) • Associated emerging technology products

30. National Maritime Awareness Technology Sub-committee(NMATS)DTIC Conference6 April 2009 Guy Thomas Co-chair Guy.thomas@uscg.dhs.gov 202-372-2591

31. Goals • The principal goals of the NMATS include: • In coordination with the National Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA) and the Global Maritime Intelligence Integration (GMAII), • Provide an effective methodology for the federal leadership to identify, participate in, and influence the technology-related processes and events supporting the federal role in the development of the nation’s maritime security. DODTECHIPEDIA - Effective Tool to assist Goals!

32. Goals (continued) • In coordination with OGMSA, GMAII and key MCOI organizations create a forum for the discovery and exploration of innovative acquisition processes and products that • Result in reduced expenditures and/or • Faster speed to capability in the transition of technology to the interagency member organizations (ensuring input from relevant operational commanders.)

33. Basic objectives are: • Assist all users to understand Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)capabilities • Fielded • Under Acquisition • Under Development (6.1 to 6.5) • It will include: • Systems • Sub-systems • Enabling Technologies • Enable developers to identify sources of capabilities • Enable government R&D and acquisition managers to identify sources • Enable sub-systems / Technology developers to advertise their capabilities (database becomes an MDA Toolbox) • Provide the potential for fielding capabilities more rapidly for both government and non-government.

34. N M A T S ------WIKI • https://www.dodtechipedia.mil/dodwiki/display/ techipedia/Interest+Areas • NO CAC CARD NEEDED • REGISTER WITH DTIC TO GET A PASSWORD • CLICK ON LINK ABOVE & FOLLOW DIRECTIONS • SITE IS LIMITED TO US NATIONALS WITH CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. • 2 ND SITE PLANNED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

35. National Reaching Across ReMDA Structure A federal, interdepartmental and interagency leadership structure NSC HSC DHS ODNI MSPCC CNO CMDT Maritime Domain Awareness Stakeholder Board Global Maritime Global Maritime Intelligence Integration Situational Awareness Sense Making Situational Awareness NMATS Situational Awareness + Sense Making = Maritime Domain Awareness

36. “The National strategy for Maritime Security has mandated an even higher level of interagency cooperation in pursuit of effective MDA.” A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower National Maritime Awareness Technical Sub-committee (NMATS) July 2008

37. NMATS Kick-OFF • Bottomline: • Need for an on-line database apparent • High Level of detail (ONR Request) • Multiple levels • General Public • FOUO • SECRET • SCI Use DoDTechipedia and OGMSA website as pointers

38. Vision The NMATS will provide an available and responsive infrastructure to support senior leadership from across the maritime community of interest (MCOI), To ASSIST in • understanding, • shaping, and • executing maritime science & technology issues.

39. Products: • Primary • Technology-related insights and recommendations regarding existing systems, and ongoing or proposed S&T / R&D activities regarding maritime security and awareness. • Database • Secondary • List of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) by system and/or attribute

40. Purpose: • Illuminate national and international maritime security and awareness technology issues • From basic scientific investigation through programs of record (POR) • Across all domains and platforms • With an objective of shaping the Nation’s continuing investment in maritime security and awareness • In conjunction with similar international efforts.

41. Other Agencies Collaborative Leadership National Strategy for Maritime SecurityNational Plan to Achieve MDA 8 Supporting Plans Uncoordinated MDA Initiatives MDASynergy State Local Private Tribal

42. Provide opportunities for meeting anticipated long-term needs • In response to senior federal leadership, • in coordination with the OGMSA and the GMAII, and guided by the national maritime security objectives, • NMATS will be instrumental in the facilitating the development of best practices for both • Accelerated fielding of appropriate technology in the near term and • Identification of long-term future naval, joint and international capability development opportunities that meet defined and emergent MDA requirements.

43. Goals (continued) • In coordination with OGMSA, GMAII and key MCOI organizations create a forum for the discovery and exploration of innovative acquisition processes and products that • Result in reduced expenditures and/or • Faster speed to capability in the transition of technology to the interagency member organizations (ensuring input from relevant operational commanders.)

44. The Power of Wikis: Intellipedia,Diplopedia, and DTIC’s New DoDTechipedia Questions?

45. Points of Contact Mr. Chris K. Rasmussen Social Software Knowledge Manager & Trainer National Geospatial Intelligence Agency chris.k.rasmussen@ugov.gov

46. Points of Contact Ms. Tiffany L. Smith Project Lead, Diplopedia Presidential Management Fellow Office of eDiplomacy U.S. Department of State 202-663-0241 smithtl7@state.gov

47. Points of Contact Mr. Noel Dickover DoD CIO, IT Investment and Commercial Policy (ITI&CP) Directorate Emerging Technologies & Social Software 703-601-4729 x152 Noel.dickover.ctr@osd.mil

48. Points of Contact Mr. George Guy Thomas Science & Technology Advisor Global Maritime Awareness National Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness 202-372-2591 george.g.thomas@uscg.dhs.go

49. Points of Contact Ms. Helen Q. Sherman Director, User Services DTIC 703-767-8246 hsherman@dtic.mil http://www.dtic.mil the presentation]

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